African Advocate Award (2006)
Won the African Advocate Award from 18 Red Lion Chambers, London, training alongside Queen's Counsel and observing criminal trials including at the Old Bailey.
Commissioner · Madlanga Commission
Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC
Commissioner assisting the Chairperson · Johannesburg
Commissioner
Sandile Khumalo SC is a Senior Counsel at the Johannesburg Bar and a Commissioner of the Madlanga Commission, assisting the Chairperson with investigative inquiries and oversight of the evidentiary process. The first in his family to attend university, he won the African Advocate Award from 18 Red Lion Chambers in London in 2006, spending several weeks alongside leading Queen's Counsel and observing criminal trials at courts including the Old Bailey.
He was recommended for silk in June 2020 and appointed Senior Counsel by Letters Patent on 5 May 2021, and has acted as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa. A specialist in pensions and employee benefits - as well as labour, medical-schemes, insurance and general commercial law - he has been listed by Best Lawyers in South Africa for Employee Benefits Law since 2018, and his practice is also characterised as spanning commercial and constitutional work.
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Background
Education & admission
- First in his family to attend university
- African Advocate Award, 18 Red Lion Chambers, London (2006)
- Appointed Senior Counsel (SC) by Letters Patent, 5 May 2021
On the record
Notable matters & judgments
Took silk (2021)
Recommended for silk in June 2020 and appointed Senior Counsel by Letters Patent on 5 May 2021; has since acted as a High Court judge.
Employee-benefits specialist
A specialist in pensions, employee benefits, labour, medical schemes, insurance and commercial law; listed by Best Lawyers in South Africa for Employee Benefits Law since 2018.